Imagine being a sleeper agent and then you were activated. This totally fascinates me. Now I want to watch The Manchurian Candidate. - ThreadSky

nachonachoman.net • 85 days ago

Imagine being a sleeper agent and then you were activated.

This totally fascinates me.

Now I want to watch The Manchurian Candidate.

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austenm.bsky.social•85 days ago

Just realised there was a remake 20 years ago lol

austenm.bsky.social•85 days ago

Haven't seen that for tens of years! I remember enjoying it thoroughly!

djjigglypuff.bsky.social•85 days ago

I wonder if it would be similar to a 5 yo who has had to be good at church for an hour, and then once free, strips off their clothes in the parking lot and stars running round kicking bins over and screaming like a banshee?

nachonachoman.net•85 days ago

That just sounds like me at the weekends K 😂

djjigglypuff.bsky.social•85 days ago

😝😜 Yeah or me after any staff meeting (when I had a job).

nachonachoman.net•85 days ago

Hahaha of yes, definitely!

lisamims.bsky.social•85 days ago

I intentionally hypnotically blocked a group of friends that were on the road to stardom, and getting there by doing really illegal things.

They’re not happy that the hypnotic block expired, twenty years later.

I remember them, and all their dirt, as if it were yesterday.

That stuff is real.

nachonachoman.net•85 days ago

You put a spell on them!

lisamims.bsky.social•85 days ago

Nah. A very highly recommended MSW in counseling who uses hypnosis blocked them for me. It took about nine sessions.

Some things it doesn't help to remember.

tammi.bsky.social•85 days ago

Both versions are good.

I prefer the Denzel Washington version, but that's true with most things 😁

tadethompson.bsky.social•85 days ago

I like watching Sinatra's stage karate in the original.

nachonachoman.net•85 days ago

I never knew that there was an original starring Frank Sinatra, so now I'm really intrigued how that compares to the remake.

cinemastrikesback.bsky.social•85 days ago

Never seen the Denzel one but the original is fantastic, weird as hell with a terrific performance from Angela Lansbury. Some dated stuff, but great film.

bganderson.bsky.social•85 days ago

The remake was pretty good, but Streep, as good as she is, couldn't match Lansbury's original for me.

tadethompson.bsky.social•85 days ago

Yes, the remake is a solid effort, but the original is better.

tadethompson.bsky.social•85 days ago

Agreed.

tadethompson.bsky.social•85 days ago

The paranoia was real. The whole film was sweaty and tense.

nachonachoman.net•85 days ago

I need to find a streaming service which showcases older films. I would love to see this now. Any suggestions?

cinemastrikesback.bsky.social•85 days ago

The TCM app (if you get the channel) is great for older movies, Max has a solid selection, Criterion of course. But I don’t know who has this one now.

tadethompson.bsky.social•85 days ago

1962.

Not bad, but you have to hold your nose at the orientalism.

nachonachoman.net•85 days ago

Ah ok, thanks for the heads-up Tade.

tadethompson.bsky.social•85 days ago

Largely because Viet Nam war era, plus anti-communism.

And the original inspiration for the so-called Manchurian Candidate was American POWs "brainwashed".

nachonachoman.net•85 days ago

There's two versions??? Just seen the one with Denzel!

Now I need to find the original.

doclynn.bsky.social•85 days ago

"Seven Days in May" also eerily relevant these days. Tremendous work from Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster. One of my very favorite movies.

nachonachoman.net•85 days ago

Thank you Lynn, not heard of that one. 🙏

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